U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Same-Sex Marriage

Gary Silvey and Santos Rosales take a picture in front of the state Capitol on June 26, 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage should be legal in all 50 states.

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Since April, the US Supreme Court has been hard at work hammering out decisions in the remaining cases on the court’s docket. In late April, the court heard oral argument in Obergefell v. Hodges, which addressed the constitutional dimensions of permitting and banning same-sex marriage. Today, we’re joined by a law professor who has been tracking the case and will break down the court’s decision in plain English.